From printing press to table: over 75 years of paper craft.

Our story

Erkap started its commercial life in 1950 as “Reks Matbaacılık”, a printing company. In 1999 it began producing heat-resistant and greaseproof paper products for food packaging.

The company keeps adding new products to its range and serves a broad consumer market. Printing, forming and all other steps of the finished product take place in separate departments of a single production facility.

1. 1950Founded as Reks Matbaacılık
2. 1999Started producing paper products for food packaging
3. TodaySupplying leading food companies and exporting to four continents
4. NewErkap Food Container: a paper meal tray that replaces plastic and aluminium

Our mission

Our aim is to deliver the highest quality in production while keeping customer satisfaction at its peak. By meeting customer needs better and embracing technological innovation, we have become a company that keeps reducing errors and raising quality.

In the years ahead we will continue to follow new technologies and systems closely to raise our efficiency and quality, and to contribute to continuous improvement together with all our employees.

Our products are both ovenable and freezable, as well as recyclable and biodegradable.

Export

The products we make at our facility in Istanbul reach the most prestigious companies in the food industry. Today we export to four continents.

Certificates

Complying with international quality systems is essential to Erkap. Our products are ovenable and freezable, as well as recyclable and biodegradable.

To help protect our forests, we source our paper from FSC-certified companies.

Our product safety policy

At ERKAP A.Ş. we produce with respect for people and in line with all requirements. Under this policy we commit to:

• Manufacture our products in line with hygiene conditions, product specifications and our quality standards;
• Prepare and deliver regular training plans that raise our staff’s awareness of product safety, so that they contribute to continuous improvement and make ours a model facility in the industry;
• Meet all legal obligations under national and international food legislation for the packaging industry, and systematically control every component and production stage of the product;
• Ensure cleanliness and hygiene across every process, from preparation to dispatch, in line with quality product standards, and keep our staff informed;
• Assess the risks in production, storage and shipment, take preventive measures, ensure food safety and safeguard human health;
• Anticipate external hazards and take the necessary precautions.

Our quality and quality objectives policy

In every decision and strategy, our core principle is to stay true to our Total Quality Management system and to grow our market share, competitiveness, reliability and profitability through continuous improvement. To this end:

• Documenting, certifying and continuously improving our quality management system in line with the requirements of its standards;
• Applying all national legal obligations relating to our field of activity, integrating them into our quality system and keeping them up to date;
• Using our resources efficiently to deliver high-quality, cost-effective and on-time service that meets our customers’ needs and expectations;
• Carrying out the entire production process within quality food standards and making sure our employees embrace them;
• Building long-term, cooperative relationships with our suppliers and customers;
• Keeping product receiving, production and presentation areas continuously maintained for product safety;
• Ensuring staff training is continuous and kept up to date with evolving technology;
• Obtaining and maintaining BRCGS quality system certification;
• Ensuring that our employees and suppliers embrace the food safety management system.

By applying these principles as a whole, we work to protect and strengthen our position in the packaging industry.

Our environmental and occupational health policy

Aware of all applicable legal requirements, we aim to provide our employees with a healthy and safe workplace and to minimise our environmental impact across every stage, from sourcing and production to use and disposal. Our commitments:

• Meeting the legislation for our field and our customers’ requirements, and ensuring continuous development and improvement;
• Protecting the environment by preventing pollution and controlling the waste our processes may generate;
• Fulfilling our responsibility to store and dispose of all waste from our activities systematically;
• Researching, developing and applying methods to recover paper and all other waste;
• Ensuring the health and safety of our employees, visitors and staff working off-site;
• Reducing emergency risks under occupational health and safety rules, and protecting health, safety and the environment;
• Keeping tools and personal protective equipment available and ensuring they are used when needed;
• Building our employees’ competence and awareness in occupational health, safety and the environment through continuous training;
• Effectively maintaining and improving the environmental management system we have established.